466 xcviii. i.athat.t:. 



the base ; brandies quadraiifriiljir, grooved, liispid with long spreading 

 hairs. Leaves subsessile, variable, 1-3 by g-^ in., linear or lintar- 

 laneeolate, obtuse, the margins often slightly recurved, entire or ser- 

 rulate, hispid on both sides, ciliate with ot'teu bulbous-based hairs, base 

 tapering; midrib conspicuous beneath, hairy. Flowers sessile or nearly 

 so, usually in terminal whorls |— | in. in diam. ; bracts | in. long, 

 linear, spinous-pointed, ciliate with long bulbous-based hairs. Calyx 

 ^ in. long, turbina'^e, slightly curved, the lower part glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent outside, the upper part with a few long scattered spreading 

 hairs; mouth broad, oblique, the u])per part projecting forward, villous, 

 the villi shorter than the calyx-teeth ; upper tooth of calyx longer than 

 the others, ^L in. long, triangular, acute, the other teeth subcqual, 

 about 3L in. long, subulate. Corolla white, | in. long ; lube | in. long, 

 the upper part enlarged, pubescent; upper lip 1 in. long, densely 

 white woolly, the middle lobe broadly obovate, cuneate, rounded or 

 subtruncate, emarginate, the lateral lobes very small. Nutlets g in. 

 long, obovoid-oblong, rounded or truncate at the apex, the inner face 

 sharplv angular, the dorsal face rounded, smooth, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 689; AViglit, 111. t. 176 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 387; Watr, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 634. Leucas diffusa, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. ISat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 362 {not of Benth.).— Flowers : Oct. 



Rare. S. M. Country: Badami, Woodrow] — Distrib. India (Assam, Biriua, 

 Chiltagoiig, W. Peninsul!)) ; Malaya, Ceylon, China. 



5. Leucas Cephalotes, Spreng. Syst. v. 2 (182r>) p. 743. An 

 annual hairy and pubescent herb 2-3 ft. high ; stems and branches 

 obtusely quadrangular, hairy with spreading hairs. Leaves l|-3 by 

 ^-1 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, subacute, membranous, more or less 

 pubescent, crenate-serrate, base tapering ; petioles |-| in. long. 

 Flowers sessile, in large globose dense terminal whorls 1-2 in. in 

 diam. ; floral leaves like the cauline, the uppermost coming out from 

 the top of the verticil ; bracts imbricate, foliaceous, green, thin, 

 membranous, g-| by -]^o~5 ^^v lanceolate, acute, awned, reticulately 

 veined, ciliate. Calyx tubular, slighty curved, reaching |^ in. long, the 

 lower lialf of the tube quite glabrous, membranous, and smooth outside, 

 the upper half pubescent outside and inside; mouth oblicjue, the villi 

 nearly as long as the teeth ; teeth subequal, -Jjj in. long, narrowly 

 triangular-subulate. Corolla | in. long; tube less than | in. long, 

 obliquely annulate about the middle ; upper lip -j^ in. long, white-w oolly ; 

 lower lip nearly t\\ice as long as the upper, the middle lobe large, 

 truncate, the lateral lobes very small. JNutlels g in. long, obovoid- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, the inner face angular, the dorsal face 

 rounded, smooth, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. (>>!); Grab. Cat. p. !"),'{; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 211 ; Wight, Icon. t. 337; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Kat. v. 12 (1899) p. 3(52; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 855 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 633. — Flowers: Nov. 



Gu.iARAT : coast of Katbiawar, Dahell cf- Gihson ; Alimedabad coiinnon, Imv' ex 

 Graham; Chandod, WocdroVK — Distrib. India (Bengal, ranj.ib, Assam, Himalayas, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Afglianistan. 



6. Leucas nutans, Sprcnr/. Sj/st. v. 2 (1825) p. 743. A dwarf 

 oTlen straggling annual, soiueliines less than 2 in. high in Siiul sjieci- 

 mens, but reaching 1 ft. high under favorable conditions, diffusely 



